LDP - Proposed Housing Allocation Site 18
I am writing to state I believe the 2013 all party policy for the Rugby Ground to maintain the sports ground covenant and not sell the freehold should be enforced. I am deeply concerned if the plans go ahead and feel the council should listen to all the objections.

There will be a complete change in the area if it goes ahead - it wouldn't be in the same scale as the existing housing in the area and out of character.

Already, Dorchester Road is seeing a huge increase in traffic as Streetsbrook Road is becoming a standstill traffic jam most mornings, if the development goes ahead the traffic volume would increase beyond what I feel the roads can carry and would cause a huge disruption to residents and commuters alike.

My children walk or ride to school where possible and we walk regularly round the area and I truly worry about their safety should the development go ahead and there would subsequently be an increase in the amount of cars in the area.

Parking would be a major issue, Sherman's Cross Road is already heavily congested at peak times and this would increase and become a danger to school children, pedestrians and road users.

Flooding is another issue I am concerned with as the development would only add to and ever increasing current situation.

The schools in the area are already over subscribed and adding more houses would only add to this situation.

As I understand, l the National Planning Policy framework requires developments to have access to local amenities within 800m/10mins walk and this site doesn't fulfil that, being 1700m from Solihull and 1000m from the station so it has no validity.

I urge the council to make the right decision and not allow the plans to go ahead and retain the grounds for what they were intended.